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joining me, senior white house adviser david plouffe. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me, candy. >> tomorrow's speech, tonally i explain it to me in a word or two >> i think it's going to be a hopeful speech. i will let the president speak for himself, obviously. what he is going to do i think is remind the country that our foundi founding principles and values can guide us in a modern, changing world. he will talk about the fact that our political system doesn't require us to settle all of our differences or revolve all of our dispute bus doesn't compel us to act on what is common ground. >> some unity. >> sure. i think the speeches need to be viewed as a package. we have a state of the union in three weeks. inaugural address he will lay out his vision for his second term and where he thinks the country needs to go in the years ahead, the values undergirding that and a detailed agenda and blueprint in the state of the union. we view these speeches as a package. >> let me talk to you about the president's tone between the ele
joining me, senior white house adviser david plouffe. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me, candy. >> tomorrow's speech, tonally i explain it to me in a word or two >> i think it's going to be a hopeful speech. i will let the president speak for himself, obviously. what he is going to do i think is remind the country that our foundi founding principles and values can guide us in a modern, changing world. he will talk about the fact that our political system doesn't...
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and also point out that you heard from david plouffe this morning and others. they are activating this grass roots effort and starting this campaign 24/7 to take the campaign mechanism and turn it into a legislative mechanism and i think he is going to use that starting today. >> well, here is whey want to know, martha, when are you getting down here? >> we are all this this together but not exactly. you are inside a warm studio and bill and i will be outside in the freezing cold but we are all in this together and looking forward to it.ou h >> thanks so much. >> we will be there beforeyo kickoff. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may wors
and also point out that you heard from david plouffe this morning and others. they are activating this grass roots effort and starting this campaign 24/7 to take the campaign mechanism and turn it into a legislative mechanism and i think he is going to use that starting today. >> well, here is whey want to know, martha, when are you getting down here? >> we are all this this together but not exactly. you are inside a warm studio and bill and i will be outside in the freezing cold...
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senior advisor david plouffe. and, david, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thanks for having me, chris. >> chris: before we get to the inauguration and the president's second term i want to ask you about this terrorist attack in algeria. what is your latest information on how many americans were taken hostage, what is the status of those americans, and, what does the president think of the way the algerian military handled the situation? >> we have no additional information to report and the state department will do that. this is a reminder countries around the world share a joint threat from the terrorist organization, why we're so active about providing expertise and information and technology, to help them destroy these networks where they exist. and, a reminder, obviously northern africa and other parts of the world, al qaeda and al qaeda-affiliated groups remain a threat and we have to remember, you know, the terrorists deserve they'll blame and fault. it's a heinous act and i think we'll talk to the alger
senior advisor david plouffe. and, david, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thanks for having me, chris. >> chris: before we get to the inauguration and the president's second term i want to ask you about this terrorist attack in algeria. what is your latest information on how many americans were taken hostage, what is the status of those americans, and, what does the president think of the way the algerian military handled the situation? >> we have no additional information...
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the tone and the task with senior obama adviser are david plouffe. the republican take with wyoming senator john barrasso, head of the gop policy committee. also, spotlight on the inaugural speech with presidential wordhs
the tone and the task with senior obama adviser are david plouffe. the republican take with wyoming senator john barrasso, head of the gop policy committee. also, spotlight on the inaugural speech with presidential wordhs
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the tone and the task with senior obama adviser are david plouffe. the republican take with wyoming senator john barrasso, head of the gop policy committee. also, spotlight on the inaugural speech with presidential wordsmiths don bayer and michael guesten and the party lines with former wisconsin senator russ feingold, new england, susan page and ron brownstein. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> good morning on an historic sunday here in washington, d.c. president obama will take the oath of office for his second term after this morning in a private ceremony at the white house. the constitution requires that he be sworn in by noon, january 20th. vice president joe biden was sworn in a short time ago, justice sonia sotomayor administering the oath. the president and vice president have just arrived at arlington national cemetery where they will place a wreath at the tomb of the unknown of. we will bring that ceremony to you live when it begins. president obama's public
the tone and the task with senior obama adviser are david plouffe. the republican take with wyoming senator john barrasso, head of the gop policy committee. also, spotlight on the inaugural speech with presidential wordsmiths don bayer and michael guesten and the party lines with former wisconsin senator russ feingold, new england, susan page and ron brownstein. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> good morning on an historic sunday here in washington, d.c....
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listen, if you listen to what david plouffe said this morning on "fox news sunday." he said the president's going to share with the country, a message talking about the need for common ground and coming together. in the next breath, he said, we have done extensive research about what the election results mean and they mean that everybody agrees with us and the republicans have to comp -- compromise. that's almost literally what he said am. so i expect him to talk about common ground and then i expect we won't see it. >> bam bottom has been a firwall president, protecting the progressive agenda, essentially, the protector of liberalism in many ways, allowing -- won't allow row v. wade to be overturned, won't allow regulations to be scrapped at epa. we can make a hundred of those. he is the "you are not going to get past me "presidents president. it's hard to call transformation, but he's in a defensive posture. you are not disbog unravel the liberal agenda of the last 50 years on my watch. >> that sounds like it was written by president obama. that is not something th
listen, if you listen to what david plouffe said this morning on "fox news sunday." he said the president's going to share with the country, a message talking about the need for common ground and coming together. in the next breath, he said, we have done extensive research about what the election results mean and they mean that everybody agrees with us and the republicans have to comp -- compromise. that's almost literally what he said am. so i expect him to talk about common ground...
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you heard david plouffe's remarks. you worked for president george w. bush. is there common ground that needs to be sought on this issue in this country, do you think? >> i think there can be. look, i have two daughters who are the exact same age as the kids who died in newtown. there are a lot of things the republicans can support like the president announced. better gun owner and safety education and mental health support and helping develop emergency responses and the rest but when the president goes to gun control i think the public support and bipartisan support drops dramatically. there is a fox news poll shows only 22% of americans believe more gun control would have actually stopped an incident in newtown where as 71% think the criminals will get guns anyway. the 71% are right. there sim peer call evidence that shows it. i think it is a mistake to go after gun control. >> criminals will always get guns. go ahead, i'm sorry. martha: go ahead, alan. >> criminals will always get guns. doesn't mean you don't make laws. if that is the case you didn't make
you heard david plouffe's remarks. you worked for president george w. bush. is there common ground that needs to be sought on this issue in this country, do you think? >> i think there can be. look, i have two daughters who are the exact same age as the kids who died in newtown. there are a lot of things the republicans can support like the president announced. better gun owner and safety education and mental health support and helping develop emergency responses and the rest but when the...
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he will be talking about this story but talking to senior advisor david plouffe about the second term and roy blunt on what republicans want to get done in the next four years. medical examiner held a news conference on the lottery winner that dropped dead right before he was supposed to collect his big jackpot. what he has to say about the cyanide in his system and then there is the wife. >>. >> gregg: chicago medical examiner's office reporting it has received samples from the remains of a lottery winner that was poisoned just as he was about to collect list big jackpot. they dug up the body and they ruled he died of natural causes but then they reclassified it as a homicide after lethal dose of cyanide was found in his system. his wife said he got sick after dinner and can't imagine who would want to hurt him. >> it's important to know that he died of cyanide poisoning and they are trying to figure out how it got into his system. it can be ingested or inhaled so that is why they exhumed the body to make the test. autopsy has been completed. they took samples from vital organs as we
he will be talking about this story but talking to senior advisor david plouffe about the second term and roy blunt on what republicans want to get done in the next four years. medical examiner held a news conference on the lottery winner that dropped dead right before he was supposed to collect his big jackpot. what he has to say about the cyanide in his system and then there is the wife. >>. >> gregg: chicago medical examiner's office reporting it has received samples from the...
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and they -- the white house -- i was told by david plouffe a month ago that he much rather would prefer to work with mcconnell than boehner. mcconnell knows how to play chess, boehner doesn't. >> he got his wish. >> and when i talked to the republican senators they said the same thing about harry reid. that's why biden was brought in. i don't know if this story is true. i don't know if john boehner said what's been reported by politico. but if it is true, there's no question about is the animosity between these two sides. it's greater than i've seen in the years i've been here. these two guys really hate each other. >> thank you very much. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> coming up, why some of the left are unhappy with the fiscal cliff deal. we're go the deal. this is "hard for politic >>> the two men whose names have become synonymous with fix the country's fiscal problems are calling the fiscal cliff a missed opportunity. the cochairs of the president's commission on deficit reduction released a statement saying in part, the deal approved today is truly a missed opportunity to do somethi
and they -- the white house -- i was told by david plouffe a month ago that he much rather would prefer to work with mcconnell than boehner. mcconnell knows how to play chess, boehner doesn't. >> he got his wish. >> and when i talked to the republican senators they said the same thing about harry reid. that's why biden was brought in. i don't know if this story is true. i don't know if john boehner said what's been reported by politico. but if it is true, there's no question about...
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and they -- the white house -- i was told by david plouffe o month ago that he much rather would prefer to work with mcconnell than boehner. mcconnell knows how to play chess, boehner doesn't. >> he got his wish. >> and when i talked to the republican senators they said the same thing about harry reid. that's why biden was brought in. i don't know if this story is true. i don't know if john boehner said what's been reported by politico. but if it is true, there's no question about is the animosity between these two sides. it's greater than i've seen in the years i've been here. these two guys really hate each other. >> thank you very much. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> coming up, why some of the left are unhappy with the fiscal cliff deal. we're going to talk to one of the democrats who voted against the deal. this is "hardball" the place for politics. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower
and they -- the white house -- i was told by david plouffe o month ago that he much rather would prefer to work with mcconnell than boehner. mcconnell knows how to play chess, boehner doesn't. >> he got his wish. >> and when i talked to the republican senators they said the same thing about harry reid. that's why biden was brought in. i don't know if this story is true. i don't know if john boehner said what's been reported by politico. but if it is true, there's no question about...
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it is interesting, i talked with david plouffe, one of the president's senior advisors yesterday he sent kind of a double message. on the one hand he said we need common ground that republicans and democrats coming together. that is obviously going to be awfully hard to accomplish. the president promised that in the first term. we didn't see so much of it. you can see mrs. joe biden, dr. joe biden about to come onto the inaugural platform. but he also talked about getting the public engaged, david plouffe did, and i think that will be an important part of the message here. i feel the president means the inside game just sitting down with john mccain and john boehner doesn't work so well on these issues. i think he will make aning a aggressive effort to engage the public. he has taken his campaign organization, obama for america, and turned it into an advocacy group called, organizing for action. i think part of the effort is going to be mobilize public support for his agenda. shepard: it's my understanding the vice president will be walking, there is the first lady, michelle obama. ab st
it is interesting, i talked with david plouffe, one of the president's senior advisors yesterday he sent kind of a double message. on the one hand he said we need common ground that republicans and democrats coming together. that is obviously going to be awfully hard to accomplish. the president promised that in the first term. we didn't see so much of it. you can see mrs. joe biden, dr. joe biden about to come onto the inaugural platform. but he also talked about getting the public engaged,...
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how did he know to trust david plouffe, to trust axelrod, his air game, his ground game. he never seemed -- >> that was one of the secrets having covered both of his campaigns, one of the secrets to the success of both of his campaigns was his refusal to panic. >> yeah. >> and any moment he trusted the people he brought aboard from the very beginning, some of whom were sitting with him. people like david axelrod and robert gibbs who were with him at the beginning of his career were ten feet away from him. he stuck with the same people and listened to them and he never panicked. >> do you know what he did at the dinner -- >> he probably didn't panic enough at the first debate. >> i was sitting behind him after the first debate didn't go well and he said i'm going to mention it, he took a little shot at me and then he comes back and says calm down, i got this. where is that from? after the first debate. calm down, i got this. >> that's a great line. have you said that on the air before? >> no, and i just did. >> that would summarizes it. >> i was going to say it's a relianc
how did he know to trust david plouffe, to trust axelrod, his air game, his ground game. he never seemed -- >> that was one of the secrets having covered both of his campaigns, one of the secrets to the success of both of his campaigns was his refusal to panic. >> yeah. >> and any moment he trusted the people he brought aboard from the very beginning, some of whom were sitting with him. people like david axelrod and robert gibbs who were with him at the beginning of his career...
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. >> woodruff: you at one point in your profile today, you quote david plouffe, the senior advisor to the president saying lew has a quiet ferocity to him. and you cite an incident during the 2011 debt limit fight with the republicans. >> that's right. it was sort of the 11th hour of negotiations and lew came up with the idea of the sequester and at the last minute the republicans came back and said they wanted to attach medicaid cuts to the automatic spending cuts that would be in place if they weren't able to come up with a long term fiscal solution that we now know is the sequester and lew, he hadn't slept in days, he was on speakerphone and he sort of yelled "no! we're not doing that." and he hung up the phone on the republicans and ultimately those medicaid cuts weren't included but also telling about jack lew, he was pretty embarrassed by the incident because for him that kind of rare outburst was something you don't often see from him. other people in the room said that for jack lew that's angry but it's not necessarily how other people display their anger. >> woodruff: jared b
. >> woodruff: you at one point in your profile today, you quote david plouffe, the senior advisor to the president saying lew has a quiet ferocity to him. and you cite an incident during the 2011 debt limit fight with the republicans. >> that's right. it was sort of the 11th hour of negotiations and lew came up with the idea of the sequester and at the last minute the republicans came back and said they wanted to attach medicaid cuts to the automatic spending cuts that would be in...
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. >> woodruff: you at one point in your profile today, you quote david plouffe, the senior advisor to the president saying lew has a quiet ferocity to him. and you cite an incident during the 2011 debt limit fight with the republicans. >> that's right. it was sort of the 11th hour of negotiations and lew came up with the idea of the sequester and at the last minute the republicans came back and said they wanted to attach medicaid cuts to the automatic spending cuts that would be in place if they weren't able to come up with a long term fiscal solution that we now know is the sequester and lew he hadn't slept in days, he was on speakerphone and he sort of yelled "no! we're not doing that." and he hung up the phone on the republicans and ultimately those medicaid cuts weren't included but also telling about jack lew he was pretty embarrassed by the incident because for him that kind of rare outburst was something you don't often see from him. other people in the room said that for jack lew that's angry but it's not necessarily how other people display their anger. >> woodruff: jared ber
. >> woodruff: you at one point in your profile today, you quote david plouffe, the senior advisor to the president saying lew has a quiet ferocity to him. and you cite an incident during the 2011 debt limit fight with the republicans. >> that's right. it was sort of the 11th hour of negotiations and lew came up with the idea of the sequester and at the last minute the republicans came back and said they wanted to attach medicaid cuts to the automatic spending cuts that would be in...
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that from david plouffe senior white house advisor. meantime cbs director, dickerson wrote a piece-- hold on, he wrote a piece and a column urging the president to pulverize and destroy his republican opponents. even to go for the throat in order to quote, cement his legacy. monica crowley is a radio talk show house and kirsten powers, beast -- john dickerson not eric. and let's just start with whether you believe that's true. where are you, kirsten, do you believe it's true that the president's goal is to divide and conquer the republicans, the house republicans, such that they will be defeated, what he uses the more extremist elements, in the 2014 mid terms? >> this is a line preceding the election that that's what he was doing through the whole fiscal cliff debate and i really don't think that during that debate, that's what he was doing, i think it was just sort of gravy for him, that he was destroying them and i think that the republicans, frankly, are doing a really good job of destroying themselves and obama doesn't have to do m
that from david plouffe senior white house advisor. meantime cbs director, dickerson wrote a piece-- hold on, he wrote a piece and a column urging the president to pulverize and destroy his republican opponents. even to go for the throat in order to quote, cement his legacy. monica crowley is a radio talk show house and kirsten powers, beast -- john dickerson not eric. and let's just start with whether you believe that's true. where are you, kirsten, do you believe it's true that the...
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he wants to talk about gun control on the days ahead and immigration reform and david plouffe is saying what the president is going to be all about is big picture themes to bring the country together, but republicans roy blunt say some of the early signs, defiant tone of the news conference last week suggests to them there might be more division. >> we have on immigration, gun safety, debt reduction, measures to help the economy, energy, we have a stacked agenda here. i think urgency in the country to address this. >> there is only one guy that can lead in washington that can find a solution to big problems and that is the president. >> reporter: so bottom line is that the president is going to try to hit the big picture themes in the inaugural address tomorrow afternoon outside the west pointed of the capital and say some of thels that will divide both sides of issue. he will save that for state of the union address when he heads back to capitol hill. >> gregg: thanks very much. >> heather: frustration preparation is under way as washington gets welcome to hundreds of thousands of gues
he wants to talk about gun control on the days ahead and immigration reform and david plouffe is saying what the president is going to be all about is big picture themes to bring the country together, but republicans roy blunt say some of the early signs, defiant tone of the news conference last week suggests to them there might be more division. >> we have on immigration, gun safety, debt reduction, measures to help the economy, energy, we have a stacked agenda here. i think urgency in...
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. >> steve: david plouffe was on one of the chat shows and says i don't think the president will get everything he wants, but might get two out of the three, what do you think? >> i would actually welcome, an open and honest debate on this issue on the floor of the united states senate and would encourage senator reid to bring up this floor debate and discussion, i don't think he'll do that because senator reid wants to protect six democrats who are up for election in two years from now. six seats where the president had fewer than 42% of the votes and i don't think so that they're going to expose the democrats to having to choose between their constituents who know the value and importance of the second amendment and the president's policies. >> steve: what do you think of what mitch mcconnell said in the robo call that went out to several thousand kentuckiens, to make sure he'll do everything in his power to defeat it. >> we know what that means, it has to do with individual's rights to own and bear arms, you know, which is one of the reasons that i've had disagreements with the at
. >> steve: david plouffe was on one of the chat shows and says i don't think the president will get everything he wants, but might get two out of the three, what do you think? >> i would actually welcome, an open and honest debate on this issue on the floor of the united states senate and would encourage senator reid to bring up this floor debate and discussion, i don't think he'll do that because senator reid wants to protect six democrats who are up for election in two years from...
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joining us now is david plouffe. nice to have you here. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> what does inauguration day the second mean for you that inauguration day the first did not mean? what is this -- what does this re-election, successful re-election effort led up to today mean to you? >> well, i think we are all able to enjoy it more today than the first one, rachel. you saw the president trying to soak it in. you know? it's your first one. trying to put together an administration, the economy collapsing around us four years ago so i think he and all of us took a chance to recognize how historic this was and the president clear in the speech today thinking where the country needs to go and doing all he can to shake sure that it's filled with energy and vigor to fulfill the promise of the campaign. >> what did the president learn in the first four years in office about how to get stuff done? that he didn't know four years ago. >> we had the tale of two different years. the first two years democratic contro
joining us now is david plouffe. nice to have you here. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> what does inauguration day the second mean for you that inauguration day the first did not mean? what is this -- what does this re-election, successful re-election effort led up to today mean to you? >> well, i think we are all able to enjoy it more today than the first one, rachel. you saw the president trying to soak it in. you know? it's your first one....
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. >> david plouffe, the presidential advisor, was on "fox news sunday" talking about what he expects to hear from the president saying it's all about common ground. i want to play that for you. okay. i thought we had it. apparently we do not. he said, you know, there is common ground to be found between the president and the folks on capitol hill. i just wonder if that's pie in the sky dreaming. i mean, it just seems like speaker boehner and a large percentage of the republican caucus was all -- it was elected to, you know, cut taxes, cut the deficit, or cut the deficit, at least. the president doesn't seem to be on that same page. >> yeah. look. republicans in the house and in the senate, for that matter, and the president i think so fundamentally disagree on the major issues of the day. i mean, so much so that i think common ground is very hard for them to find and will continue to be hard for them to find. the key thing to look for, john, and what people want to try to figure out, are things going to be different over the next two or four years, or do they at least start to show s
. >> david plouffe, the presidential advisor, was on "fox news sunday" talking about what he expects to hear from the president saying it's all about common ground. i want to play that for you. okay. i thought we had it. apparently we do not. he said, you know, there is common ground to be found between the president and the folks on capitol hill. i just wonder if that's pie in the sky dreaming. i mean, it just seems like speaker boehner and a large percentage of the republican...
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david plouffe has moved on. a lot of people are leaving. how's that going to leave the president for the second term? >> the great thing about that building is there are literally dozens and dozens of talenting people. >> only one indispensable man there. >> absolutely. look. all of us are close enough by phone or by car that if he calls and needs something as i've told people you say, yes, sir. >> go ahead. let me say it. is there one line that will come oust this speech that we'll be talking about tomorrow? >> well i don't want to get that far ahead. i think there's several lines in which i think the president very much meets the moment of where we are. >> and then the controversy about whether enough women serving in leadership in the white house, do you think that will change? >> look. i worked with you noeknow two of the smartest people i've ever worked with. if you look at people like kathleen sebelius or janet napolitano it's hard to imagine there are two maybe more important agencies that we deal with each day. one is implementing w
david plouffe has moved on. a lot of people are leaving. how's that going to leave the president for the second term? >> the great thing about that building is there are literally dozens and dozens of talenting people. >> only one indispensable man there. >> absolutely. look. all of us are close enough by phone or by car that if he calls and needs something as i've told people you say, yes, sir. >> go ahead. let me say it. is there one line that will come oust this...
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. >> brian: senator, i thought what was most encouraging to come out of the sunday shows david plouffe says the president finds it encouraging. so the white house would support a move like this. so instead of saying the debt ceiling is here, we're not going to move. you're saying we're moving ahead of the crisis. can you get a budget together in three months? is that possible? >> it is. in fact, you're required by law to have it ready by april 1. the bum jet should be completed by april 1. let me take a step further if i may and that is what's the purpose of having a budget committee if they're not budgeting? you we pay that committee $15 million every bienyum to do their budget? why don't we get rid of them if they're not doing their job? we pay them more money than veteran affairs and they don't even do their job. i would be the first to proposal the budget committee if they're not doing their job. >> brian: thanks for shaking up the place. >> thanking for having me on. >> brian: i can't wait to have you in the aftermath. hopefully it will be a big thumbs up. >> thank you. >> brian:
. >> brian: senator, i thought what was most encouraging to come out of the sunday shows david plouffe says the president finds it encouraging. so the white house would support a move like this. so instead of saying the debt ceiling is here, we're not going to move. you're saying we're moving ahead of the crisis. can you get a budget together in three months? is that possible? >> it is. in fact, you're required by law to have it ready by april 1. the bum jet should be completed by...